Get the Lead Out Paint Retailers Survey

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Get the Lead Out!Paint Retailers Survey

• A collaborative project between GVSU/KCON
• and Calvin College Department of Nursing
• Principal Investigators
• Jean Martin,
• GVSU Kirkhof College of Nursing
• Bethany Gordon,
• Calvin College Department of Nursing

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Purpose of the study

• Assess knowledge of paint retailers regarding
  lead safe work practices (LSWP)
  
• Evaluate inventory of products and display of
  information for LSWP
  
• Groundwork for future engagement of retail
  industry.

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Significance of the study

• Elevated blood lead levels are a significant risk
  for many children in Kent County.
  
• The primary cause of lead poisoning in the United
  States is known to be the deteriorating
  lead-based paint and lead dust found in pre-1978
  housing and in industrialized areas.

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Significance of the study

• Distressed housing increases the risk of
  childhood lead poisoning. Likewise, repair
  without using LSWP can increase the risk.
  
• Employing specific simple skills (LSWP) can
  ensure that lead dust levels in the household
  environment do not become unsafe.

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Significance of the study

• Paint retailers have a unique and significant
  opportunity to educate both professionals and
  consumers about childhood lead poisoning and
  LSWP.
• LSWP can add to the retailers profits while
  simultaneously providing a public service.

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Methods

• Sample
• Convenience sample
• 40 retailers serving high risk neighborhoods

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Methods

• Data collection procedure
• Approval to conduct study
• Contacting paint retailers
• Telephone script
• Scheduling data collection
• Collecting data
• Script
• Survey

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Methods

• Instrument Paint Retailers Survey
• Interview
• 23 items
• Products and information
• Lead safe work practices supplies
• Staff training
• Customer

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Methods

• Data analysis
• Level of retailers knowledge regarding lead safe
  work practices (LSWP)
  
• Inventory of products for LSWP
• Display of information on LSWP
• Reporting of data
• Aggregate data only
• No comparisons by neighborhood or type of store

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Methods

• Risks
• Social harm
• Economic harm
• Benefits
• Increased awareness of paint lead risks to
  children
  
• Increased knowledge of LSWP
• Safer environment for children

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Protection of Human Subjects

• Human subjects review (IRB) approval
• Consent form to be read by participant
• Contents
• Who
• GVSU
• Calvin
• GTLO collaborative
• Purpose of study
• Participants
• 40 retailers will be asked to participate
• Participation is voluntary

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Protection of Human Subjects

• Consent form contents
• What is being agreed to
• Respond to questions related to LSWP
• Inventory of products and display information
• What I will get out of participating
• Movie pass
• Name entered into drawing

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Protection of Human Subjects

• Consent form contents
• I understand that
• This is a research study
• My privacy and confidentiality will be protected
  (data storage)
  
• No names on survey
• No names used in reports
• Participation is voluntary
• Can withdraw at any time
• Contacts for more information
• Obtain signature of participant

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Participants

• 40 retailers invited to participate
• 3 declined to participate (7.5)
• 3 completed survey but did not sign consent form
  so surveys were not used (7.5)
  
• 1 signed the consent but did not complete the
  survey (2.5)
  
• 1 unable to contact (2.5)
• 32 surveys included in analysis (80.0)

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Instrument

• 8 items related to products
• Sample item EPA Blue Book Protect Your Family
  from Lead in Your Home
  
• Response options
• Not available
• Available upon request
• Available among merchandise
• Available at service counter
• Available at checkout
• Offered at checkout
• Provided to every customer at checkout

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Instrument

• 3 items related to LSWP supplies
• Sample item 6ml plastic sheeting
• Response options
• Store does not carry
• Displayed elsewhere in store
• Displayed in paint aisle/department
• Displayed in paint aisle/department with LSWP sign

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Instrument

• 6 items related to staff/staff training
• Sample items
• How many employees have completed 8-hour HUD/EPA
  Lead Safety for Remodeling, Repair and Painting?
  
• Do employees have access to a sample copy of EPA
  Blue Book Protect Your Family from Lead in Your
  Home?

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Instrument

• 6 items related to customer education
• Sample item
• Does the staff ask shoppers if they live in
  pre-1978 housing?
  
• Response options
• Never
• Occasionally (
• Usually (50 of time)
• Always

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Instrument

• Retailers were asked if the information was
  available in Spanish
  
• Surveyors observed if products and supplies were
  displayed
  
• Responses at a higher level than the best
  practice response were counted as correct

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Retailer Response Products
best practice
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Retailer Response Supplies
best practice
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Retailer Responses

• Product information best practices
• 34.4 (11) had LeadCheck? swabs or similar
  product available among merchandise
  
• 12.5 (4) had pamphlets other than EPA Blue Book
  or EPA/HUD/CDC Green Field guide available
  
• 53.1 (17) had no product information available
• Supplies
• 62.5 (20) stocked 6ml plastic (11 in paint
  aisle)
  
• 90.7 (29) stocked spray bottles (7 in paint
  aisle)

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Retailer Responses

• Staff training
• 59.4 (19) had no staff trained in LSWP (8-hour
  HUD/EPA Lead Safety for Remodeling, Repair and
  Painting NPCA online training or another Lead
  Safety training)
• Staff access to LSWP information
• 40.6 (13) have access to EPA Blue Book Protect
  Your Family from Lead in Your Home
  
• 7.5 (3) have access to EPA/HUD/CDC Green Field
  Guide Lead Paint Safety

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Retailer Responses

• Customer Education
• 65.6 (21) never ask if shoppers live in pre-1978
  housing 34 ask occasionally
  
• 71.0 (23) never ask if there is a child under
  age six in the home
  
• 59.4 (19) never tell customers to work wet
• 53.1 (17) never tell customers the importance of
  LSWP when working with pre-1978 windows

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Summary of Responses

• 1 retailer had 9 best practice responses
• 1 retailer had 8 best practice responses
• 1 retailer had 4 best practice responses
• 5 retailers had 3 best practice responses
• 6 retailers had 2 best practice responses
• 5 retailers had 1 best practice response
• 13 retailers - no best practice response (40.6)

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Next Steps Future Direction

• Disseminate information
• Develop educational programs on LSWP for
  retailers and customers
  
• Build sustainable collaborations and projects
• Eliminate childhood lead poisoning

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Questions Answers
Paul Haan Project Coordinator Healthy Homes Coal
ition of West Michigan www.healthyhomescoalition.
org email paul_at_healthyhomescoaltion.org phone
616.734.9443